7.1. Excuse me (to men and women)

1. lesson

Normally you attract someone’s attention by using a kin term, choosing one that is appropriate to the gender and relative age of the person you want to speak to. The list below gives a short selection which will provide you with a term suitable for almost all occasions:       

Here are the male terms:       

Ù-lè  ဦးလေး  uncle   

Ăko  အကို  brother   

Thà  သား  son